Samuel Gompers and Organized Labor in AmericaRecords the achievements of the English-born cigarmaker who completely reorganized the Cigarmakers' Union and served as president of the AFL from its founding in 1886 to his death in 1924. |
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Learning an Old Trade and Finding | 1 |
An Old Union Fails and a New | 23 |
The New Union Matures and a Federation | 41 |
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